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noun, masculine

comté

/kɔ̃.te/

noun, masculine/kɔ̃.te/plural: comtés

county; riding; Comté cheese

Inherited from Middle French comté m, conté m, from Old French conté m or f. Doublet of comtat. Compare Medieval Latin comitātus. By surface analysis, comte (“count”) + -é (“-ate”).

comté — French Dictionary | Passage